Resource library

Explore our resources to learn about how to personalise care and support.

Resource library

Explore our resources to learn about how to personalise care and support.

Social Value of Local Area Coordination in Derby

Social Value of Local Area Coordination in Derby

A Social Return on Investment Analysis for Derby City Council (SROI) has found that for a three year forecast period with 10 Local Area Coordinators, £4.00 of social value would be earned for every £1.00...
Personal Health Budget Holders and Family Carers – POET Survey 2015

Personal Health Budget Holders and Family Carers – POET Survey 2015

The purpose of the Personal Outcomes Evaluation Tool (POET) survey 2015 for Personal Health Budget Holders and Family Carers is to provide insight into the experiences of personal health budget holders...
Individual Service Funds (ISFs) and Contracting for Flexible Support

Individual Service Funds (ISFs) and Contracting for Flexible Support

This Guide, aimed at council commissioners and providers, sets out how councils can contract flexibly with a service provider to meet a person's needs, and contract in a way that gives the person more...
Six Practices for Creative Engagement

Six Practices for Creative Engagement

This document covers six different methods for hosting meetings including World Café, Counting in Local Assets and Who is missing and how might we engage them. It was developed with elected members and...
Commissioning Independent Advocacy

Commissioning Independent Advocacy

This resource is aimed at commissioners charged with meeting the new duties to provide advocacy under the Care Act. It helps commissioning officers in councils to think through their new duties and understand...
Commissioning for Better Outcomes: A Route Map

Commissioning for Better Outcomes: A Route Map

This framework was written by The University of Birmingham to support the implementation of the Care Act. It outlines 12 standards of high quality person-centred and outcomes-focused commissioning.
Co-producing an outcomes framework

Co-producing an outcomes framework

In 2010, Averagetown's council based its adult social care commissioning on outputs - numbers of people or things happening, for example the number of people attending an activity. Following a review,...
Co-producing quality assessment

Co-producing quality assessment

Anyplace council's mental health commissioners have always understood the importance of quality assessments to check the quality of providers and their services: "We have always had a strong focus...
Appreciative Inquiry

Appreciative Inquiry

Anytown council's social care commissioning manager wanted to work more closely with people who use services throughout the commissioning process. She knew that previous commissioning work had not involved...
Asset Mapping

Asset Mapping

NHS Wakefield District and Wakefield Council's Joint Public Health Unit piloted an asset and co-production approach as part of the programme reviewing their Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). ...
Market Position Statement

Market Position Statement

Council officers in Localtown were asked to develop a Market Position Statement for adult social care and support. It needed to be developed and agreed quite quickly. Council officers did not feel that...
No results found.
Social Value of Local Area Coordination in Derby

Social Value of Local Area Coordination in Derby

A Social Return on Investment Analysis for Derby City Council (SROI) has found that for a three year forecast period with 10 Local Area Coordinators, £4.00 of social value would be earned for every £1.00...
Personal Health Budget Holders and Family Carers – POET Survey 2015

Personal Health Budget Holders and Family Carers – POET Survey 2015

The purpose of the Personal Outcomes Evaluation Tool (POET) survey 2015 for Personal Health Budget Holders and Family Carers is to provide insight into the experiences of personal health budget holders...
Individual Service Funds (ISFs) and Contracting for Flexible Support

Individual Service Funds (ISFs) and Contracting for Flexible Support

This Guide, aimed at council commissioners and providers, sets out how councils can contract flexibly with a service provider to meet a person's needs, and contract in a way that gives the person more...
Six Practices for Creative Engagement

Six Practices for Creative Engagement

This document covers six different methods for hosting meetings including World Café, Counting in Local Assets and Who is missing and how might we engage them. It was developed with elected members and...
Commissioning Independent Advocacy

Commissioning Independent Advocacy

This resource is aimed at commissioners charged with meeting the new duties to provide advocacy under the Care Act. It helps commissioning officers in councils to think through their new duties and understand...
Commissioning for Better Outcomes: A Route Map

Commissioning for Better Outcomes: A Route Map

This framework was written by The University of Birmingham to support the implementation of the Care Act. It outlines 12 standards of high quality person-centred and outcomes-focused commissioning.
Co-producing an outcomes framework

Co-producing an outcomes framework

In 2010, Averagetown's council based its adult social care commissioning on outputs - numbers of people or things happening, for example the number of people attending an activity. Following a review,...
Co-producing quality assessment

Co-producing quality assessment

Anyplace council's mental health commissioners have always understood the importance of quality assessments to check the quality of providers and their services: "We have always had a strong focus...
Appreciative Inquiry

Appreciative Inquiry

Anytown council's social care commissioning manager wanted to work more closely with people who use services throughout the commissioning process. She knew that previous commissioning work had not involved...
Asset Mapping

Asset Mapping

NHS Wakefield District and Wakefield Council's Joint Public Health Unit piloted an asset and co-production approach as part of the programme reviewing their Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA). ...
Market Position Statement

Market Position Statement

Council officers in Localtown were asked to develop a Market Position Statement for adult social care and support. It needed to be developed and agreed quite quickly. Council officers did not feel that...
No results found.